Study On The Semantic Classes Of Light Transitional Complex Sentence In Modern Chinese

Light transitional complex sentence is a kind of atypical transitional complex sentence,so far study on its sematic definition,formal mark and sematic classes have been scattered,obscure and unsystematic. This article defined "Light transition" from two aspects basedon research achievements made by our predecessors: for one thing when sematic meaningis different or opposite between clause and sub-clause,the speaker will express transitionalmeaning in light and mild tone with correlatives,discourse markers or signals if he doesn`twant to stress the opposite meaning. For another thing semantic meaning is not different oropposite but progressive, supplemental or changed between clause and sub-clause. At thesame time, on the semantic classes of light transitional complex sentence, this article madea systematic division:when sematic meaning is different or opposite between clause andsub-clause, the speaker usually use certain correlatives indicate light and mild mood inconsideration of the listeners`feeling, such as mild or indirect mood, relieved mood and soon.when sematic meaning is not diametrically different or opposed between clause andsub-clause, the speaker will use transitional correlatives to express progressive,supplemental or changed meaning.